Do you ever 'self-police' the roads?
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I do, when the occasion presents itself.
Example
Heavy commute motorway traffic, we've 4 lanes of traffic about 2 miles long. Left 2 lanes go North, right 2 lanes go east. The left lanes move a lot slower, so you get lots of people going right hand lane all the way, 2ish miles and then cut in at the last minute. Quite dangerously at times, nipping into tiny gaps.
It's got to the point the left lanes are driving nose to tail to stop these people, but they still cut in anyway, aggressively at times.
So I self police.
I leave a very attractive gap, inviting them to cut in in a safe manner. But I drop a gear and sit bang in the optimum power band, ready to 'speed match' them. As they are about to pass me and take the big gap, I speed up. They soon realise I'm not letting them in and their plan is foiled.
They end up going down several miles of motorway which ends at a big roundabout which is always log jammed. They have to negotiate that, drive all the way back to the start of the 4 lane motorway and start all over again. Minimum 15 mins extra journey time, in their efforts to save I minute. Nice to serve some justice to others sometimes.
Anyone else self police on the road?
Edit.
After a lot of posts, and in line with popular opinion, this isn't clever at all. I'll not be doing this in future
Example
Heavy commute motorway traffic, we've 4 lanes of traffic about 2 miles long. Left 2 lanes go North, right 2 lanes go east. The left lanes move a lot slower, so you get lots of people going right hand lane all the way, 2ish miles and then cut in at the last minute. Quite dangerously at times, nipping into tiny gaps.
It's got to the point the left lanes are driving nose to tail to stop these people, but they still cut in anyway, aggressively at times.
So I self police.
I leave a very attractive gap, inviting them to cut in in a safe manner. But I drop a gear and sit bang in the optimum power band, ready to 'speed match' them. As they are about to pass me and take the big gap, I speed up. They soon realise I'm not letting them in and their plan is foiled.
They end up going down several miles of motorway which ends at a big roundabout which is always log jammed. They have to negotiate that, drive all the way back to the start of the 4 lane motorway and start all over again. Minimum 15 mins extra journey time, in their efforts to save I minute. Nice to serve some justice to others sometimes.
Anyone else self police on the road?
Edit.
After a lot of posts, and in line with popular opinion, this isn't clever at all. I'll not be doing this in future
Edited by soupdragon1 on Tuesday 22 May 18:29
Edited by soupdragon1 on Tuesday 22 May 22:12
Logic says that this must be a regular occurence, and so if you’re leaving this nice big gap, why don’t I pull alongside, pretend to go for it, so you accelerate, and then simply slot in behind you?
Or do people who do that not register in your thought process as they’re now behind you, and so aren’t pushing in, in front of you? Which makes it OK?
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kwittery of this sort (from either viewpoint) makes me so glad I don’t have a daily commute any more.
Or do people who do that not register in your thought process as they’re now behind you, and so aren’t pushing in, in front of you? Which makes it OK?
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kwittery of this sort (from either viewpoint) makes me so glad I don’t have a daily commute any more.Prinny said:
Logic says that this must be a regular occurence, and so if you’re leaving this nice big gap, why don’t I pull alongside, pretend to go for it, so you accelerate, and then simply slot in behind you?
Or do people who do that not register in your thought process as they’re now behind you, and so aren’t pushing in, in front of you? Which makes it OK?
fkwittery of this sort (from either viewpoint) makes me so glad I don’t have a daily commute any more.
Yes, that absolutely happens on this road. If the person behind doesn't close the gap they brake and take it. I don't brake to stop that, as that's taking it too far. As I mentioned in op, it's all nose to tail to try and stop these people but they still try it on.Or do people who do that not register in your thought process as they’re now behind you, and so aren’t pushing in, in front of you? Which makes it OK?
f
kwittery of this sort (from either viewpoint) makes me so glad I don’t have a daily commute any more.soupdragon1 said:
I leave a very attractive gap, inviting them to cut in in a safe manner. But I drop a gear and sit bang in the optimum power band, ready to 'speed match' them. As they are about to pass me and take the big gap, I speed up. They soon realise I'm not letting them in
Anyone else self police on the road?
Er, no.Anyone else self police on the road?
I let people in, life's to short to dick about deliberately annoying other drivers. Perhaps one day one of these other drivers will be hacked off enough to have words....?
What happens if you try to police the roads and somebody comes at you with a sharp left hook or a lovely upper cut !
What you going to do then ? Take him out with your own combinations or complain to the policeman when you in the ambulance that you like going around provoking aggressive people and its wrong that they had a crack at you
Come on wake up !
Next question is do you drive in the East end of London much
If not then good because even worse could happen
What you going to do then ? Take him out with your own combinations or complain to the policeman when you in the ambulance that you like going around provoking aggressive people and its wrong that they had a crack at you
Come on wake up !
Next question is do you drive in the East end of London much
If not then good because even worse could happen
the irony of your posts just made me smile jeremyh1 said:
What happens if you try to police the roads and somebody comes at you with a sharp left hook or a lovely upper cut !
What you going to do then ? Take him out with your own combinations or complain to the policeman when you in the ambulance that you like going around provoking aggressive people and its wrong that they had a crack at you
Come on wake up !
But he's just been sent down the wrong motorway, not like he can do anything from there.What you going to do then ? Take him out with your own combinations or complain to the policeman when you in the ambulance that you like going around provoking aggressive people and its wrong that they had a crack at you
Come on wake up !
soupdragon1 said:
I do, when the occasion presents itself.
Example
Heavy commute motorway traffic, we've 4 lanes of traffic about 2 miles long. Left 2 lanes go North, right 2 lanes go east. The left lanes move a lot slower, so you get lots of people going right hand lane all the way, 2ish miles and then cut in at the last minute. Quite dangerously at times, nipping into tiny gaps.
It's got to the point the left lanes are driving nose to tail to stop these people, but they still cut in anyway, aggressively at times.
So I self police.
I leave a very attractive gap, inviting them to cut in in a safe manner. But I drop a gear and sit bang in the optimum power band, ready to 'speed match' them. As they are about to pass me and take the big gap, I speed up. They soon realise I'm not letting them in and their plan is foiled.
They end up going down several miles of motorway which ends at a big roundabout which is always log jammed. They have to negotiate that, drive all the way back to the start of the 4 lane motorway and start all over again. Minimum 15 mins extra journey time, in their efforts to save I minute. Nice to serve some justice to others sometimes.
Anyone else self police on the road?
Idiot or trollExample
Heavy commute motorway traffic, we've 4 lanes of traffic about 2 miles long. Left 2 lanes go North, right 2 lanes go east. The left lanes move a lot slower, so you get lots of people going right hand lane all the way, 2ish miles and then cut in at the last minute. Quite dangerously at times, nipping into tiny gaps.
It's got to the point the left lanes are driving nose to tail to stop these people, but they still cut in anyway, aggressively at times.
So I self police.
I leave a very attractive gap, inviting them to cut in in a safe manner. But I drop a gear and sit bang in the optimum power band, ready to 'speed match' them. As they are about to pass me and take the big gap, I speed up. They soon realise I'm not letting them in and their plan is foiled.
They end up going down several miles of motorway which ends at a big roundabout which is always log jammed. They have to negotiate that, drive all the way back to the start of the 4 lane motorway and start all over again. Minimum 15 mins extra journey time, in their efforts to save I minute. Nice to serve some justice to others sometimes.
Anyone else self police on the road?
Edited by soupdragon1 on Tuesday 22 May 18:29
Pica-Pica said:
Idiot or troll
Neither. Although I would be prepared to accept that's it the wrong thing to do. Maybe I should do nothing and just let them so it. It's an epidemic and dangerous manoeuvres are regular. It's my way of trying to foil them. Being sent down the wrong motorway will make them think twice is where I'm coming from.I'm not a dick though, I do it for (What I think) is the right reason. As I say, quite happy to accept it's the wrong thing to do, but as per usual, were straight out of the blocks with insults on what is supposed to be a discussion forum.
I always make a conscious effort to have reasonable discussions on forums and try my best to not throw insults around.
Hasn't been a great start to the thread though I have to say!
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